language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
is that so? (generally rhetorical)